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- There is no clear-cut distinction here on what is a forecast and what a hindcast, and from the point of view of RD having a distinction can be an unnecessary complication.
- However there might be some merit in doing the distinction for users' benefit:
- Using different MARS streams (as for medium-range, extended-range) is seen as unnecessary here
- The use of typeOfGeneratingProcess=15 (Hindcast) from Section 4, code table 3 was is seen as appropriate
- The distinction between section 4 templates 1,11 and 60,61 (the latter only add modelVersionDate) was is considered not strictly needed
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